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Another trip to democracy’s barnyard

Patrick Kidd

All politicians want to put their name on the future. Harold Wilson must have dallied with calling his plan for distance learning the Harold University and there was surely a time around 1980 when BBC One, Two and ITV were set to be joined by Channel St John Stevas before some marketing whizz suggested they call it Channel 4.

Matt Hancock certainly wants to ensure that his name is carved into the fourth Industrial Revolution. The new culture secretary, in the job for barely a month, has created an app that bears his name. Download Matt Hancock and get all the news, photos and videos about the culture secretary you could ever want. And probably a lot you don’t.